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A fact from Springfield Doughnut appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 October 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that to promote The Simpsons Movie in 2007, 20th Century Fox gifted a sculpture of a doughnut (pictured) to the town of Springfield, New Zealand?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Springfield Doughnut.

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 00:10, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Statue of a donut from The Simpsons in Springfield, New Zealand

... that to promote The Simpsons Movie in 2007, 20th Century Fox gifted a statue of a donut (pictured) to the town of Springfield, New Zealand? Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/7201428/New-doughnut-for-Springfield
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carson Spiers

Created by Panamitsu (talk). Self-nominated at 04:27, 9 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Springfield Doughnut; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The article is pretty short but just long enough for DYK (1693/1500 characters). The existing hook is interesting, so I'm passing it as is, but you could consider an ALT about the arson. For example: "... that a doughnut statue used to promote The Simpsons Movie was destroyed by arson?" IceWelder [✉] 18:21, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I bet this will get clicks based on the scrumptious image. Unfortunately no image slots right now. Lightburst (talk) 14:31, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]